@@senecaknowledge2274 Er, sorry, I will explain in simpler terms. The gentleman here, Michael Parkinson, affectionately known to his chat show viewers as Parky, has now also, around the time of my comment, similarly gone to meet his maker. Ok?
@@CashelOConnolly She was born in Ealing and educated in Liverpool and has an English accent. Her upbringing is definitely English. But Hey Irish humour and British humour are very similar, I have no idea why you feel the need to comment.
@@davidsuttie4192 Both her parents Bert and Maureen were immigrants from Dublin,County Dublin,Ireland. As an Irish guy from Bray,County Wicklow who’s spent time in England (regrettably) I don’t believe the English and Irish humour is the same at all. English humour derives its humour from manners and the class system plus low brow sniggering about s*x, where Irish humour comes from DEATH 💀 and hypocrisy especially in the Catholic Church and sublime word play sometimes very very morbid
I dont say its a big loss .He had a full life, achieved so much and he was brilliant. On the other hand Caroline Ahern was a big loss ,so young and had so such more to offer.
Parkinson was a decent, honest individual and a gentleman, it's always sad when someone like him passes. Caroline Aherne was wonderful, so funny and quick-witted. Absolutely awful that she died so young.
He was amazing. As an Irish person, he was right up there with our finest. He was so smooth, I think it helped that he was a northerner, he was very calm and genuine. Very much admired on this small rock.
Spot on. So down to earth, salt of the earth, relaxed, always composed and always let the guest talk instead of constantly interrupting or talking over them which so many talk show hosts seem to think is the way and to make it all about them. 🤦🏻♂️
two wonderful people lost to us at this time. they bought so mush joy to so many people.. may god look after them until we can see them again in another life
One programme Parkinson hosted that is now buried in BBC Archives is the infamous 1992 Halloween special GHOSTWATCH. He was very good in it, and a shame that the BBC have never repeated it. It is now 31 years since it aired, I think it deserves an airing on British television. What harm can it do? As it looks dated now, no one will mistake it for a live show in 2023.
I remember that John , I was nearly convinced and wish I had recorded it .Same as the the famous recollections of the Oz Trials , Leslie Philips as the judge was brilliant , a couple of years earlier
I was 9 at the time and that scared the shit out of me, I rewatched it recently only to see a plastic skull stuck to a mop handle wrapped in a bin bag 😂😂
@@ExplodingPiggy I was only 7 years old when I saw it on the night. My parents had a rule back then - Sunday to Thursday nights bed time was 9pm. They knew I would never sleep earlier than that, so once the BBC 9pm News came on, I was up to bed. However Friday and Saturday nights along with when I was off on school holidays they let me stay up for as long as I wanted. So Ghostwatch airing on a Saturday was perfect for me to catch it in 1992. I remember it well. I was sitting on the sofa, dad in his chair, and we had just been watching Beadles About on ITV and he looked in the Radio Times and saw Ghostwatch and decided to turn over. We missed the first 30 seconds of the intro, so all we saw was Parky standing at the fireplace saying they were doing a LIVE investigation. It took us until around half way thru before we clocked on it wasn't real. My mum recognised an actor from a commercial playing one of the street's residences who tried to exorcise the ghost. From then on we enjoyed it as a drama. We tried to ring the number 081 811 8181 used also by Going Live, and we got engaged tone.
Oh I miss his show, we'll never meet the likes of him again because people tend to go for shock value with the absence of class. He was so watchable. Silly Jonathon Ross never let's his guests speak. Parky had listening skills.
I’ve never seen mrs Merton before. As an Australian I don’t think we got the show. But I have to say she’s not a patch on our Edna Everidge. RIP to them all. 🦘
Caroline Aherne was a beautiful woman ,Barry was a completely different kettle of fish and also a legend, brilliant all of them, if you fancy a good cry listen to Dickie Bird saying goodbye to his best friend of 84 years , also FYI Parky and Dickie opened the batting for Barnsley cc, the player Parkie kept out of the team was Geoffrey Boycott
It was more to do with the fact that in the same year he'd put together a clips show "Parkinson: The Interviews" which the BBC ran for 3 series. He first did the introductions for the shows in a mocked up studio in his garden shed.
Eh? Not sure what you mean. Craig Cash was a co-writer and appeared as Mrs Merton's son once or twice, but that was about it. The Mrs Merton Show started 3 years before The Royle Family existed
@@tonycowin Of course not, but you said she had a member of the Royle family on The Mrs Merton Show every week. So I think you mean because Caroline was playing Mrs Merton and in 3 years time she'd be playing Denise, that Denise was somehow on show every week? Er ok then, brilliant
@@tonycowin Arguing with you? Not really, I was just trying to understand what you were on about since what you said is complete nonsense and I thought maybe I misunderstood you. It's like saying Basil Fawlty was in Monty Python's Flying Circus, or Mr. Bean was in Blackadder
Are you for real or just trolling for the hell of it? He moved to where the work was, like many who have left legacies as great broadcasters/actors/musicians, etc. And he NEVER forgot his roots. Did you not watch/listen to his programmes? He loved his roots and was at Dickie Bird's 90th party at Headingley despite being virtually at death's door. Still not enough for you? Overrated my elbow! Success due to hard work and talent always attracts vacuous detractors. Rest in peace, Michael. Good lad.👏👏👏👏🏏
@@traceya9615 Honestly Tracey don’t encourage them by responding. If that comment is for real and not just childish trolling you’ve got the purest example there is of ‘jealous, chip on both shoulders, resentment of a successful popular man by a miserable, unsuccessful, envious loser’
@@gerardmackay8909 Yes Gerard, people like that aren't worth the time it takes to type; but I had a point to put across. Even if it's to someone with an I.Q. of a tin of beans - no offence meant to beans! 😊
